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Histrionic:"exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention".
Histrionic and hysterical begin with the same sound but are not necessarily related. They convey a subtly different meaning as evidenced by the dictionary definition above. And I think "I need to make a will because I'm going to work in a schoooool" does qualify as histrionic; reasonable minds can differ. But let's move on. And I never said you were living in fear....I'm not one of those "your mask wearing defines your fear" people. There are people who have never stopped working who are coming into contact with far more people on a regular basis and again - there's been no "OMG if you work in this profession you better watch out because you're clearly at higher risk" from ANY occupation. Now time will tell with schools. To me it doesn't make sense we had to close in March with hardly and cases and now we are spiralling out of control and we're opening. But it is what it is. Students and teachers want to get back and frankly some kids lives depend on it. We all have a choice. Teachers too. And there is no doubt we will be all remote before the winter season gets underway anyway. Frankly I will be happy to have the decision made for me.
Oh I know you haven't, that point was general in nature (given the whole "scared people in masks should do us all a favor and stay home mmmmmmkkkkkaay and let the rest of us get back to livin'" that is common on this sub). Ironically, Ive been a better capitalist during COVID than I am under normal times so even with a mask, I'm doing my part to help the system economically and health wise.
The graph that shows cases when we closed schools compared to where we are on the case curve now is mondo bizarro.... and the Tangerine Dream is pushing for, and I quote today's presser "....when he says open, he means open and full. Kids being able to attend each and everyday at their school...science should not stand in the way of this"
I respect everyone's choice, teachers and parents (less so kids....because well they're kids and there is a reason why they don't have the same say in things that adults do). Team GVoR has made their choice. There's going to be a virtual classroom in my home with my daughter and a couple of her friends doing whatever the Virtual Academy ends up giving them with me in the next room trying to help my client sell more drugs that people don't need.
38k total enrollments as of today, and sure to be many more after the open house tonight.
The more the better!
Ideally, everyone who can do VA, will do VA. And by can, I don’t mean making huge sacrifices. I just mean it works for their family, and the have them means to facilitate it effectively.
That will free up space for all of us in the building, and possibly make an every other week rotation possible.
Ideally, everyone who can do VA, will do VA. And by can, I don’t mean making huge sacrifices. I just mean it works for their family, and the have them means to facilitate it effectively.
That will free up space for all of us in the building, and possibly make an every other week rotation possible.
I was wondering if they would go to every other week rotation if enough people do V.A.
I was wondering if they would go to every other week rotation if enough people do V.A.
I don't see how that would happen. The pool of teachers is essentially fixed and VA classes aren't unlimited in size, so once the proportion of VA vs. Plan B is known, they will allocate teachers accordingly. So if more students opt for VA, they'll pull teachers out of physical schools and just have fewer classes still going on the 1/3 schedule.
Example:
Elementary school has four 3rd grade classes of 18 kids each...25% of them opt for VA, so one teacher does VA, and the other three teachers handling three classrooms of Plan B, rotating 6 kids per week.
If instead 50% of kids opt for VA, they'll have to dedicate two teachers to VA and you'll have only two in the building, still rotating 6 kids each week on a 1/3 schedule.
If 75% of kids choose VA, you're down to one teacher in the building, handling 18 kids, still on a 6-per-week schedule.
Obviously I used nice round numbers to keep the math easy, so yes, between those round numbers there would be some variation on total kids per Plan B classroom, but not significant enough to be able to bump up to alternating weeks.
I don't see how that would happen. The pool of teachers is essentially fixed and VA classes aren't unlimited in size, so once the proportion of VA vs. Plan B is known, they will allocate teachers accordingly. So if more students opt for VA, they'll pull teachers out of physical schools and just have fewer classes still going on the 1/3 schedule.
Example:
Elementary school has four 3rd grade classes of 18 kids each...25% of them opt for VA, so one teacher does VA, and the other three teachers handling three classrooms of Plan B, rotating 6 kids per week.
If instead 50% of kids opt for VA, they'll have to dedicate two teachers to VA and you'll have only two in the building, still rotating 6 kids each week on a 1/3 schedule.
If 75% of kids choose VA, you're down to one teacher in the building, handling 18 kids, still on a 6-per-week schedule.
Obviously I used nice round numbers to keep the math easy, so yes, between those round numbers there would be some variation on total kids per Plan B classroom, but not significant enough to be able to bump up to alternating weeks.
You're right. Finite number of teachers rules the day.
I'd like to assume they've chosen one and are training, but haven't made it public. I hope.
I hope so (otherwise what have they been doing for the last 4 months). It was a poor way for them to answer the question. [Not to mention my pet peeve of reading the slides verbatim.]
Interim @chccs Supt. Jim Causby says @WCPSS
Supt. Cathy Moore told him today she will probably recommend to Wake County school board next week that they switch to all virtual schools for reopening (Plan C). Wake is now set to use Plan B. #nced #ncpol #wakepol #coronavirus
The one (and possibly only) good thing about Plan B is it provides options for both sides of the table. There are going to be a lot of really unhappy people if they go to Plan C.
As much as I'd rather Plan B (we were going to sign up for it), there is just no way on earth it is ever going to work. Ever.
I really hope if they do Plan C that they do an orientation week or two where the kids can come in and meet the teacher and/or other kids in the class in person.
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